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Facebook and Sex Offenders

By Corey Rayburnyung

Facebook is joining efforts by other online social networking websites by trying to limit sex offender access to the website:Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday. The measures include banning convicted sex offenders from the site, limiting older users' ability to contact subscribers under 18 and participating in a task force set up in January to find ways to verify users' ages and identities. "The agreement marks another watershed step toward social networking safety, protecting kids from online predators and inappropriate content," said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who announced the agreement Thursday with his counterparts in other states...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).